Photo credit: PM News Nigerians are an interesting lot. I actually don’t know which is funnier between Nigeria and its citizens. What’s this I’m hearing about a young man unseating Kongi, Professor Wole Soyinka? Why are Nigerians so much in a hurry that to listen to the other party has always been a problem? Why…
Photo credit: Royal Museum 5 billionaires went down with the Titan! The fact that they were super-rich doesn’t mean they were not human beings, does it? However, the reaction of most people was that if people could be so rich as to spend a whopping $250,000 to take a dive into the ocean to explore…
Photo credit: Nigeria Bulletin The minimum wage issue has been a topic of discussion in Nigeria for quite a while. Organized labour discussed the matter with the governments and the private sector. The labour first asked for around a million naira, but the government said it wasn’t willing to pay that whopping amount. The government…
Photo credit: FOX News An Israeli air strike has hit houses in al-Shati, one of Gaza’s historic refugee camps, and another hit houses in the al-Tuffah neighbourhood. Both left at least 38 Palestinians dead. According to Hamas, a residential block in the al-Shati area used as a refugee camp was struck several times. People had…
Photo credit: Princeton Daily It was a day of celebration for those who left everything they once had to call a brand new place home, as Bridgeport, Connecticut, honoured the city’s refugees and their families at Seaside Park on Saturday. It was part of World Refugee Day. Deao Byakisaka, director of the refugee service for the…
Photo credit: the Guardian A Nigerian girl, Theodora Udounwa, has created waves by gaining admission into the University at i5, earning a bachelor’s degree at 17, and becoming a Doctor of Pharmacy at 21. The lady bagged her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Toronto, Niagara. Before then, she earned a bachelor’s degree within two years…
